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Thursday, April 2
3:00 - 7:30 PM Registration Shavano Peak Foyer
6:30 - 7:30 PM Refreshments Shavano Peak Foyer
7:30 - 8:30 PM Keynote Address
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/02/2009 		Shavano Peak
Christine E. Seidman, Harvard Medical School, USA
Molecular Genetics of Familial Cardiomyopathies
Friday, April 3
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Torreys Peak 1-4
8:00 - 11:00 AM Physiological Remodeling
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/02/2009 		Shavano Peak
Penelope A. Boyden, Columbia University, USA
Ionic Mechanisms Influencing Regional Action Potentials and Conduction
Marc A. Vos, UMC Utrecht, Netherlands
Proarrhythmic Myocardial Remodeling
Jeffrey E. Saffitz, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA
Modulation of Gap Junctions in Heart Disease
George E. Billman, Ohio State University, USA
Autonomic Neural Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction
Short Talk(s) to be Chosen from Abstracts,
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Shavano Peak Foyer
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM Poster Setup Torreys Peak 1-4
11:00 AM- On Own for Lunch
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Torreys Peak 1-4
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Shavano Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Transcriptional Remodeling
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/02/2009 		Shavano Peak
Katherine T. Murray, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
Transcriptional Profiles in Healthy and Arrhythmic Heart
Speaker to be Announced,
Eric N. Olson, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
MicroRNA Dysregulation in Heart Disease
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Torreys Peak 1-4
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 1
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/02/2009 		Torreys Peak 1-4
Saturday, April 4
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Torreys Peak 1-4
8:00 - 11:00 AM Genetic Modifiers
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/02/2009 		Shavano Peak
Connie R. Bezzina, Academic Medical Center, Netherlands
Genetic Variants Predisposing to Sudden Cardiac Death
Lia Crotti, University of Pavia - Policlinico S Matteo IRCCS, Italy
Genetic Modifiers of Congenital Long-QT Syndrome
Michael R. Bristow, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA
Modifier Genes in the Cardiomyopathies
Howard A. Rockman, Duke University Medical Center, USA
Mapping Modifiers in Drosophila
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Shavano Peak Foyer
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM Poster Setup Torreys Peak 1-4
11:00 AM- On Own for Lunch
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Torreys Peak 1-4
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Shavano Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Novel Genetic Pathways
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/02/2009 		Shavano Peak
Jeffrey A. Towbin, Texas Children's Hospital, USA
Final Common Pathways in Cardiomyopathy and Arrhythmias
William J. McKenna, Heart Hospital, UK
Genetics of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Michael J. Ackerman, Mayo Clinic, USA
Novel Pathogenic Mechanisms for Heritable Arrhythmia Syndromes
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Torreys Peak 1-4
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 2
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/02/2009 		Torreys Peak 1-4
Sunday, April 5
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Torreys Peak 1-4
8:00 - 11:00 AM Regulation and Disorders of Ion Homeostasis I
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/02/2009 		Shavano Peak
Donald M. Bers, University of California Davis, USA
Regulation of Intracellular Na+ and Ca2+
Andrew R. Marks, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA
Role of Ryanodine Receptor Leak in Heart Failure and Sudden Cardiac Death
Björn C. Knollmann, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, USA
Role of Calsequestrin in Ca2+ Homeostasis
James N. Weiss, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Early afterdepolarizations: How They Synchronize in Tissue to Cause Arrhythmias
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Shavano Peak Foyer
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM Poster Setup Torreys Peak 1-4
11:00 AM- On Own for Lunch
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing Torreys Peak 1-4
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Shavano Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Regulation and Disorders of Ion Homeostasis II
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/02/2009 		Shavano Peak
Mark E. Anderson, University of Iowa, USA
Central Role of Calmodulin Kinase II
Kenneth D. Philipson, UCLA, USA
Cardiac Na+/Ca2+ Exchange
Alfred L. George, Jr., Vanderbilt University, USA
Sodium Channel Dysfunction in Arrhythmias and Heart Failure
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Torreys Peak 1-4
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session 3
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/02/2009 		Torreys Peak 1-4
Monday, April 6
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Torreys Peak 1-4
8:00 - 11:00 AM Sarcomeric and Cystoskeletal Proteins I
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/02/2009 		Shavano Peak
R. John Solaro, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Arrhythmias, Heart Failure, and Signaling in Cardiac Sarcomeres
Gisèle Bonne, Inserm UR 582, France
Laminopathies
Peter J. Mohler, University of Iowa, USA
Cardiac Ankyrins
Elizabeth M. McNally, University of Chicago, USA
Disorders of the Dystrophin-Sarcoglycan Complex
Short Talk(s) to be Chosen from Abstracts,
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Shavano Peak Foyer
11:00 AM- On Own for Lunch
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Available Shavano Peak Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Sarcomeric and Cystoskeletal Proteins II
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/02/2009 		Shavano Peak
Matteo Vatta, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Z-Disk Disruption in Cardiac Failure and Arrhythmias
Jil C. Tardiff, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
Thin Filament Protein Dynamics and Disease
Jeffrey Robbins, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, USA
Genetically Engineered Models of Cardiomyopathy
7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Torreys Peak 1-4
8:00 - 11:00 PM Entertainment Torreys Peak 1-4
Tuesday, April 7
Departure
      *=Session Chair     †=Speaker invited, not yet responded.




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Electrical and mechanical disturbances in heart function underlie most cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Investigations into the causes of cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure have led to considerable improvements in diagnosis and treatment of these conditions. Recent advances uncovering the molecular genetic basis for familial cardiomyopathy and inherited arrhythmia susceptibility have fueled greater interest in defining common pathophysiological mechanisms. This Keystone Symposia meeting will bring together experts in both fields to exchange ideas and explore common areas of interest. Major areas of emphasis for the symposium will include genetic mechanisms, electrical and transcriptional remodeling, regulation and disorders of cardiac ion homeostasis, and the complex interplay between molecules governing electrical and contractile events in the heart. The goal of this meeting is to stimulate new areas of investigation at the interface between the biology of heart rhythm and contraction, ideally leading to new therapeutic strategies and targets.